As a professional luthier/guitar technician, I have installed several of these amazing transducers, and am continually astounded by their performance, which has a natural warmth and tonal range heretofore unheard in this type of unit. I highly recommend this pickup for ALL acoustic guitars which can accommodate one. It isn't the easiest to install, and will most likely require the help of a tech like myself; but the results are BEYOND EXCELLENT; take my word for it. Additionally, this passive pickup does not require a battery-powered on-board preamp, though it works with outside preamps, EQs and direct boxes equally well (it doesn't need them for sufficient volume). This basic model does not include a volume control, but K&K Audio makes a model which uses one, as well as preamp-equipped versions. Thank you, K&K--ROCK ON!Read full review
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It's a fairly simple yet great pickup, in that you don't need to do much drilling into the guitar and fear any loss of acoustic. I installed it onto my Johnson Trailblazer Deluxe which is a fairly simple and cheap but great sounding guitar, and was very pleased with the results. The interior design of this particular guitar actually doesn't allow the pickup to be placed right under the nut where it should be due to there not being enough space for it. Even so, installing the pickup as close to the nut as possible, I was still able to get a very clear natural perfectly balanced bright-ish sound out of it. Would recommend any day of the week 10/10
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A sensational pickup fitted to a Gibson hummingbird , does exactly what Shoreline music and K&K says , easy install beautifull tone , works nearly as good without a DI input just slightly less tone , Thanks Will , I will be back , Brian Cole , Sulphur Creek Tasmania , Australia , cheers
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Once I reamed the 1/2" hole for the jack, the DIY installation was easy with the alignment jig provided. Made in Oregon, USA. There's not much to it. I'm guessing K&K has almost as much into packaging as the pickup. Sounds great plugged directly into my acoustic amp. I like the simplicity and no battery. At just over a hundred bucks, I see why this pickup is so popular. I'd buy another in a heartbeat.
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Be aware and be careful when installing the pickups.It is easy to get them to close to the bridge pins.My 6th string head or ball just barely clears the base side pickup. I think I was lucky. The sound of this K&K pickup is excellent. Very balanced and clear.I would give the finger picking or single note flat picking sound 5 stars. Struming sound 4 1/2 stars. Just a nice accurate sound. Works well with the line setting on my QSC K8.2 speaker. It also works very well with the instrument setting. There is just more volume on the instrument setting. Also works great with my Samson small analog mixer. I installed the pickup myself and am very pleased with the results. The recipient guitar was my 1974 Martin D28. Thanks K&K.
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